Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India
The Chief Economic Adviser (CEA) is a post in Government of India and is equivalent to rank of Secretary to the Government of India.
| Chief Economic Advisor | |
|---|---|
| मुख्य आर्थिक सलाहकार | |
Emblem of India | |
| Residence | North Block, Secretariat Building, New Delhi |
| Appointer | Appointments Committee of the Cabinet[2] |
The CEA is the ex-officio cadre controlling authority of the Indian Economic Service. The CEA is head of Economic Division of the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Government of India.
Until 2009, the CEA’s position was a Union Public Service Commission appointment and until the 1970s almost all CEAs were members of the Indian Economic Service.
Role of the CEA
The extent to which the Government takes into account the advice of the Chief Economic Adviser has generally been considered to be open-ended.
In his 2018 book titled Of Counsel: The Challenges of the Modi-Jaitley Economy, former CEA Arvind Subramanian stated that the job of the CEA carried no executive responsibility. According to him, the only clearly defined job of the CEA was to produce the Economic Survey of India preceding the Union Budget.[3]
List of CEAs
Below is a list of Chief Economic Advisers that have been appointed by the Government of India since Independence in 1947.
| No | Name | Portrait | Term of office | Prime Minister | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JJ Anjaria | 1956 | 1961 | Jawaharlal Nehru | |
| 2 | IG Patel | 1961 | 1963 | Jawaharlal Nehru | |
| (2) | IG Patel | 1965 | 1967 | Lal Bahadur Shastri | |
| 3 | V. K. Ramaswamy | 1967 | 1969 | Indira Gandhi | |
| 4 | Ashok Mitra | 1970 | 1972 | Indira Gandhi | |
| 5 | Manmohan Singh | 1972 | 1976 | Indira Gandhi | |
| 6 | RM Honavar | 1977 | 1980 | Indira Gandhi | |
| 7 | Bimal Jalan | 1981 | 1988 | ||
| 8 | Nitin Desai | 1988 | 1990 | ||
| 9 | Deepak Nayyar | 1990 | 1991 | ||
| 10 | Shankar Acharya | 1993 | 2001 | ||
| 11 | Rakesh Mohan | 2001 | 2002 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |
| 12 | Ashok K Lahiri | 2002 | 2007 | ||
| 13 | Arvind Virmani | 2007 | 2009 | Manmohan Singh | |
| 14 | Kaushik Basu | 2009 | 2012 | Manmohan Singh | |
| 15 | Raghuram Rajan | 10 August 2012[4] | 4 September 2013[5] | Manmohan Singh | |
| 16 | Arvind Subramanian | 16 October 2014[6] | 20 June 2018[7] | Narendra Modi | |
| 17 | Krishnamurthy Subramanian | 7 December 2018[8] | 7 December 2021 | Narendra Modi | |
| 18 | V Anantha Nageswaran | 28 January 2022[9] | Incumbent | Narendra Modi | |
See also
References
- ^ "V A Nageswaran appointed as chief economic advisor". Deccan Herald. 28 January 2022.
- ^ "Exclusive: Government to soon set up search panel for next CEA". 13 October 2021.
- ^ Rajaraman, Indira (2019-04-04). "Opinion | When it makes sense to consult India's chief economic adviser". Livemint. Retrieved 2019-07-30.
- ^ "Diesel price decontrol is 'best', says Raghuram Rajan". The Hindu Businessline. 25 September 2012. Retrieved 2019-07-30.
- ^ "Raghuram Rajan appointed next RBI Governor". The Hindu. PTI. 2013-08-06. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2019-07-30.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Mishra, Asit Ranjan (2014-10-16). "Arvind Subramanian is India's new chief economic adviser". Livemint. Retrieved 2019-07-30.
- ^ "Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian resigns due to personal reasons, will move to US". The Economic Times. 2018-06-20. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
- ^ "ISB professor Krishnamurthy Subramanian appointed as new Chief Economic Adviser". The Indian Express. 2018-12-07. Retrieved 2018-12-07.
- ^ "Govt appoints Dr V Anantha Nageswaran as Chief Economic Advisor". The Indian Express. 2022-01-29. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
External links
- Official website
- Media related to Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India at Wikimedia Commons